Finite Math and Applied Calculus (6th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1133607705
ISBN 13: 978-1-13360-770-0

Chapter 11 - Section 11.4 - The Chain Rule - Exercises - Page 831: 42

Answer

$2[(3x-1)^{2}+(1-x)^{5}]\cdot[6(3x-1)-5(1-x)^{4}]$

Work Step by Step

Let $u(x)=x^{2},\quad v(x)=(3x-1)^{2}+(1-x^{5})^{2}.$ Then $\displaystyle \frac{d}{dx}[f(x)]=\frac{du}{dv}\frac{dv}{dx}$ $v(x)$ is a sum of two composite functions $v(x)=r(x)+s(x)$ $r(x)=(3x-1)^{2}, $ $r^{\prime}(x)=2(3x-1)\cdot(3x-1)^{\prime}=6(3x-1)$ $s(x)=(1-x)^{5}$ $s^{\prime}(x)=5(1-x)^{4}\cdot(1-x)^{\prime}=-5(1-x)^{4}$ $\displaystyle \frac{dv}{dx}=6(3x-1)-5(1-x)^{4}$ $\displaystyle \frac{du}{dv}=2v=2[(3x-1)^{2}+(1-x)^{5}]$ $\displaystyle \frac{d}{dx}[f(x)]=\frac{du}{dv}\frac{dv}{dx}$ $=2[(3x-1)^{2}+(1-x)^{5}]\cdot[6(3x-1)-5(1-x)^{4}]$
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